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Rowan Scarborough

Rowan Scarborough spent over 30 years at The Washington Times covering national security, including the Democrats' "Russia Hoax." He wrote two books, "Rumsfeld's War" and "Sabotage." A Navy veteran, Mr. Scarborough graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland. He reported for The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times, Wilmington (Del.) News Journal and Defense Week.

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Jeffrey Epstein donations favored Chuck Schumer, Chris Dodd, other Democrats

Convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein handed out thousands of dollars in the 1990s, mostly to Democrats and their party, but he stopped campaign donations in the early 2000s as Florida was probing accusations involving teenage and underage girls.

July 11, 2019

Stefan Halper, Trump-Russia figure, to skip public appearance

Scholar Stefan Halper, one of the more mysterious figures in the Trump-Russia affair, has bowed out of making his first public appearance since the news media exposed him as an FBI spy.

July 10, 2019

Kim Darroch dossier deepens Donald Trump’s suspicions about British government

ANALYSIS: Now there are two British-produced anti-Trump dossiers, deepening the president's suspicions about the U.S.-U.K. "special relationship."

July 9, 2019

Sergey Kislyak conspiracy theories undercut by Mueller report

The rumpled, jowly image of Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in Washington came to personify a number of unverified Trump-Moscow stories.

July 8, 2019

Robert Mueller maligned Trump associates ask ‘why’

Trump associates who believe they were unfairly maligned in Robert Mueller's Russia report want lawmakers to ask one question -- why? -- when the former special counsel testifies July 17.

July 4, 2019

Robert Mueller pressed to break ‘Mueller rule’ in July 17 testimony

Robert Mueller says his 448-page report is his testimony, but that's not stopping lawmakers from signaling they will try to coax the former special counsel to break the "Mueller rule" when he arrives July 17 on Capitol Hill.

July 1, 2019

Hope Hicks questioning exposes Democrats’ drive to impeach Donald Trump

Democrats' questioning of Hope Hicks provided the first look inside the drive to impeach President Trump.

June 26, 2019

Adam Lovinger, Trump supporter stripped of Pentagon security clearance, loses appeal

Adam Lovinger, the Trump-supporting Pentagon analyst stripped of his security clearance, has lost his appeal.

June 20, 2019

Hillary Clinton campaign payment to dossier author Christopher Steele broke election laws: lawsuit

A conservative nonprofit has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Hillary Clinton campaign of violating election laws when it paid British citizen Christopher Steele to gather Kremlin-provided political dirt on candidate Donald Trump.

June 19, 2019

Trump campaign aides sought Russian business deals, Mueller report says

The Robert Mueller report is not just a tale of Trump-Russia links but also a depiction of how political operatives try to cash in on a presidential campaign.

June 16, 2019

Nunes slams Mueller ‘dossier,’ says findings were based on a ‘feedback loop’ of false reports

Rep. Devin Nunes is hitting the Robert Mueller report, dismissing it as a 'dossier' of misinformation based on a 'feedback loop' of now-discredited media reports.

June 15, 2019

Hillary Clinton, like Donald Trump, endorsed idea of political dirt from overseas

Hillary Clinton has endorsed the idea of obtaining political dirt from overseas, saying her campaign's Kremlin-sourced dossier was "part of what happens in a campaign."

June 13, 2019

Robert Mueller exploited cellphone GPS to track Trump associates

Robert Mueller says he was able to pinpoint security company executive Erik Prince's precise location for several hours in January 2017 by matching his mobile phone signal to a cell site near Trump Tower in New York City.

June 9, 2019

Roger Stone restaurant assault claim disputed by D.C. police, Italian eatery RPM

The Metropolitan Police Department said Thursday it never received a complaint from Roger Stone about being accosted last week at a D.C.-area restaurant, and the restaurant's manager says the embattled Trump associate embellished his encounter with other patrons.

June 6, 2019

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